Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres 18
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Software Release Notes

Linux Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres

Advanced Edition(64bit) 18

Trial Version 

 

This document lists special cautions and reference information relating to the use of this product.

Notes on using the trial version of this product have been added to the Software Release Notes in the [Important] section below.

[Important]

The Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Advanced Edition(64bit) 18 trial version (hereinafter referred to as "the trial version") can be used to evaluate the licensed version.

The usage period for the program included in the trial version (hereinafter referred to as "the Program") is limited to 90 days after installation. You will not be able to use the Program beyond this period. When the trial period has expired, uninstall the trial version.

If unable to start an instance using WebAdmin or the pg_ctl command, execute the pg_ctl command as follows and refer to the generated log file to check if the trial period has expired:

pg_ctl start -w -D <data dir> -l <log file>

As the Program is used for evaluation purposes, Fujitsu Limited (hereinafter referred to as "Fujitsu") does not guarantee any operations relating to the Program. Moreover, even if the Program proves to be defective, Fujitsu has no obligation to perform related modifications or other maintenance work.

Fujitsu does not guarantee the results and deliverables generated by the Program. Moreover, Fujitsu does not assume any responsibility, regardless of the legal basis, for any damages caused, including damages caused directly or indirectly to a third party, as a result of using the Program. Therefore, you may not make any claim against Fujitsu in relation to such damages.

You may not modify, reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Program.

In the trial version, the following items are different from the licensed version:

1.  Unsupported OS

In the trial version, the following operating systems are not supported:

2.  How to install

Install Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres from the iso file of the trial version.

1) Switch to superuser

Execute the following command to switch to superuser:

$ su -
password:******

2) Mount the file

Mount the iso file as follows:

cd <download dir>
mount -t iso9660 -r -o loop <iso file> <mount dir>

[Example]

cd /home/download
mount -t iso9660 -r -o loop ep-postgresae-linux-x64-1800-1.iso /media/dvd

3) Execute installation

For the trial version, when installing the server product, install the client product at the same time. Install the RPM packages stored in the directory where the iso file is mounted. Refer to "Installation from RPM Package" in the Installation and Setup Guide for Server (Linux version) for information on installing.

[High Risk Activity]

The Customer acknowledges and agrees that the Product is designed, developed and manufactured as contemplated for general use, including without limitation, general office use, personal use, household use, and  ordinary industrial use, but is not designed, developed and manufactured as contemplated for use accompanying fatal risks or dangers that, unless extremely high safety is secured, could lead directly to death, personal injury, severe physical damage or other loss (hereinafter "High Safety Required Use"), including without limitation, nuclear reaction control in nuclear facilities, aircraft flight control, air traffic control, mass transport control, medical life support systems, and missile launch control in weapon systems. The Customer, shall not use the Product without securing the sufficient safety required for the High Safety Required Use. In addition, Fujitsu (or other affiliate's name) shall not be liable against the Customer and/or any third party for any claims or damages arising in connection with the High Safety Required Use of the Product. 

[Export Restrictions]

Exportation/release of this document may require necessary procedures in accordance with the regulations of your resident country and/or US export control laws.

[Trademarks]

  The content of this manual are subject to change without notice.

[Abbreviations and Generic Terms Used]

Note that product names used in this document are shown as follows:

Copyright 2015-2025 Fujitsu Limited

Revision History

<Edition 1.0 (December 2025)>

This document is structured as follows:

  1 Component Programs
  2 Applicable Manuals
    2.1 Manuals
  3 Software Environment
    3.1 Basic Software
    3.2 Required Software
    3.3 Update Information
    3.4 Mutually Exclusive Software
  4 Hardware Environment
  5 Restrictions
  6 Notes on Migration
  7 Other Notes
  8 Installation Procedure
    8.1 Installation Method
    8.2 Uninstallation Method
  9 Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Client
  10 About streaming replication
  Appendix A License Terms and Exclusions of Liability
    A.1 License for Open Source Software
    A.2 Provision of the Source Code for Software Based on LGPL
    A.3 Programs for which Modification and Reverse Engineering are Permitted
    A.4 Provision of the Source Code for Software Based on GPL
    A.5 Provision of the Source Code for Software Based on CDDL
    A.6 Apache License
    A.7 Python
 

1 Component Programs

This product comes without any bundled optional products.

2 Applicable Manuals

2.1 Manuals

The manuals listed in the table below are included on the "Server program/Online manuals" DVD. You can read the manuals directly from the DVD or copy them to your computer. If you copy them to your computer, do not change the folder structure or file names because this can affect the correctness of how the manual is displayed and the accuracy of the PDF search function.

Note that Adobe(R) Reader(R) is required in order to read and search manuals in PDF format.

Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres manuals contain various notation conventions and rules.

When using Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres manuals, keep these rules in mind as you read them.

Also, refer to "Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Documentation Road Map" for information on these rules.

  Manual Title
1 Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Release Notes
2 Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Documentation Road Map
3 Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres General Description
4 Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Installation and Setup Guide for Server
5 Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Installation and Setup Guide for Client
6 Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Installation and Setup Guide for Server Assistant
7 Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Operation Guide
8 Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Cluster Operation Guide (Database Multiplexing)
9 Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Cluster Operation Guide (Multi-master Replication)
10 Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Cluster Operation Guide (PRIMECLUSTER)
11 Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Security Operation Guide
12 Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Knowledge Data Management Feature User's Guide
13 Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Application Development Guide
14 Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Connection Manager User's Guid
15 Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Reference
16 Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Java API Reference
17 Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Npgsql API Reference
18 Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Glossary
19 Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Messages
20 FJQSS (Information Collection Tool) User's Guide
21 PostgreSQL 18.0 Documentation (*1)

   *1) This is included as reference material.

 

2.1.1 Reading Manuals Directly from the DVD

Insert the DVD in the DVD drive.

Open the file below in a Web browser.

DVD Drive Name:\manual\en\manual.html

3 Software Environment

3.1 Basic Software

For information on the basic software that can be installed by this software, refer to the following chapter in the Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Installation and Setup Guide for Server in the online manuals:
"Chapter 2 Operating Environment"

3.2 Required Software

For information on the software required to install this software, refer to the following chapter in the Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Installation and Setup Guide for Server in the online manuals:
"Chapter 2 Operating Environment"

3.3 Update Information

For information on the required modifications to the operation of this software, refer to the following chapter in the Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Installation and Setup Guide for Server in the online manuals:
"Chapter 2 Operating Environment"

3.4 Mutually Exclusive Software

For information on the software with which this software is mutually exclusive, refer to the following chapter in the Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Installation and Setup Guide for Server in the online manuals:
"Chapter 2 Operating Environment"

4 Hardware Environment

For information on the hardware required to install this software, refer to the following chapter in the Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Installation and Setup Guide for Server in the online manuals:
"Chapter 2 Operating Environment"

5 Restrictions

None.

6. Notes on Migration

If an existing 9.4 or newer instance is going to be used in this version, perform pg_upgrade in advance. Refer to "Notes on Upgrading Database Instances" in the Operation Guide for details. Refer to "pg_upgrade" in the PostgreSQL Documentation for information on using pg_upgrade.

7. Other Notes

None.

8 Installation Procedure

8.1 Installation Method

For information on installing this software, refer to the following chapters in the Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Installation and Setup Guide for Server in the online manuals:
"Chapter 3 Installation"

8.2 Uninstallation Method

 For information on uninstalling this software, refer to the following chapter in the Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Installation and Setup Guide for Server in the online manuals:
"Chapter 5 Uninstallation"

9 Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Client

This software includes Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Client for the platforms listed below. If an application is used in a remote environment, install Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Client for each platform.

10. About streaming replication

Use streaming replication only with features compatible withPostgreSQL 18.

Appendix A License Terms and Exclusions of Liability

A.1. License for Open Source Software

This product uses the open-source software. Refer to OSS_Licence/OSS_List.pdf in this media for the name, version and license conditions of the open source software included in this product. After providing this product and this media, the OSS version and license conditions may change due to the provision of the correction program. Refer to the following folder for the changed OSS version and license conditions.

<Installation destination of the product>/doc/Licence/

It is allowable to choose a license from one of the following for jQuery and jQuery UI Library; MIT License or GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE (GNU GPL). This product redistributes jQuery and jQuery UI Library based on the MIT License.

The ecj is covered by the Eclipse Public License. We will provide, on request, the source code for software for which source code disclosure is a license requirement. If you require this source code, please contact our sales staff.

The jstl is covered by the COMMON DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION LICENSE (CDDL). We will provide, on request, the source code for CDDL target software and for software for which source code disclosure is a license requirement.

If you require this source code, please contact our sales staff.

Will Hartung - getline is license-free open source software available in the public domain.

A.2 Provision of the Source Code for Software Based on LGPL

This product comes with the following software licensed under the GNU LESSER

GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3.0, GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 

2.1 and GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2.

The source code of the software below will be provided on request at cost for a period of three years from the date of shipment of this product, or for the term of the maintenance support agreement entered into for this product, whichever is longer.

Contact Fujitsu technical support if you require the source code.

A.3 Programs for which Modification and Reverse Engineering are Permitted

Modification and reverse engineering are permissible for the following programs included in this product to the extent permitted under the GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3.0, GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2.1 and GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, which are applied to the open source software used together with this product.

Folder names

A.4 Provision of the Source Code for Software Based on GPL

This product comes with the following software licensed under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2 and GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2 with the Classpath Exception.

The source code of the software below will be provided on request at cost for a period of three years from the date of shipment of this product, or for the term of the maintenance support agreement entered into for this product, whichever is longer.

Contact Fujitsu technical support if you require the source code.

A.5 Provision of the Source Code for Software Based on CDDL

This product comes with the following software licensed under the COMMON DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION LICENSE 1.0. The source code of the software below will be provided on request at cost for a period of three years from the date of shipment of this product, or for the term of the maintenance support agreement entered into for this product, whichever is longer.

Contact Fujitsu technical support if you require the source code.

A.6 Apache License

This product includes the following software that are covered by Apache License, Version 2.0

We choose the "Apache License, Version 2.0" license for using log4cplus and Java Native Access (JNA). 

For the license statement of Apache License, Version 2.0, refer to the OSS_Licence folder in this media.

A.7 Python

This product includes the following Python libraries.

Refer to the files below for the license statement of each library.

 

 

 

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